Hello everyone, I hope you’re all doing well.
I wanted to thank you all for your participation in the Survey I made last month.
I’ve closed the votes, and what was discussed there will be applied starting in September, meaning there will be parallel rounds from the usual ones around Fire Emblem characters; either including characters from other Intellectual Properties or Original Characters you’ll create.
The rules of the CCC will remain the same for those rounds.
I hope you’ll look forward to it.
If you're new to the concept, click here to learn more about it
What is the CCC
The CCC is an art contest where the participants create portraits for Fire Emblem characters to expand the FE Fangame Essentials, a resource that compiles Fire Emblem-related assets, including portraits, battle animations, music, amongst others to create Fire Emblem content or rom-hacking in general.
The artists may represent the featured characters we’re used to in many ways, whether they’ll be their classic attire or re-designs including but not limited to de-ageing or ageing the characters, giving them new outfits or attributes, genderbending them, cosplaying them, etc… as long as they are recognizable and keep defining features of said characters.
This contest isn’t targeted towards a specific audience. Despite being a contest, it is very casual and everyone is encouraged to partake in this contest, no matter their skill level and experience, the main goal is to have fun and create portraits for the Community to use and enjoy!
Rules
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All submissions to this contest will be F2E by default unless stated otherwise by the artist! This contest involves expanding the resources available for the Portrait Repository, but I understand not everyone participating wishes their work to be F2U or F2E.
2.
Artists may create custom battle animations, music, map sprites, or any form of art related to the featured characters, however, only posts with a portrait will be eligible for the vote.
3.
Artists may create an alternate outfit/design/etc for one or multiple characters, if they wish.
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Artists may submit multiple designs, if they wish. They will all count toward their one submission vote. (Voters will vote on all of the works they created at once)
5.
No pre-existing artwork! The point of this contest is to expand the repository. It would be unfair to compete against artwork that may have had weeks or months of editing work put into it.
6.
Eye/mouth frames are preferable but optional. They aren’t necessary, but it would be awesome if they would be included!
7.
Characters must either be from the main Fire Emblem titles or one of the Fire Emblem spinoffs, such as Heroes.
8.
All characters must be sprited in GBA format!
(Hackbox size is not necessary)
(Halfbodies/fullbodies are authorised)
(Please try to keep the colour count at or below 16, that would be great)
9.
Submissions must at least somewhat resemble the original character!
10.
First Place picks three themes, which are groups or categories that include a variety of characters (such as swordmasters, villains, protagonists, and archetypes…), and Second Place picks two other themes for the next round, then the community gets to vote among the 5 they prefer!
Schedule
- The artists may submit their work until one month after each round is announced.
- Then, the following week, everyone can vote for their favorite submissions.
- The voting period is then followed by a break of a week before a new round starts, meaning a round lasts one month and two weeks in total, but the deadline will be reiterated further down on the post.
Previous rounds
Round One - Anna, Jake
Round Two - Eirika, Ephraim
Round Three - Karel, Karla
Round Four - Hugh, Cath, Lysithea
Round Five - Nino, Jaffar, Sonya
Round Six - Larum, Elphin, Homer, Phina
Round Seven - Mia, Astram, Flavia
Round Eight - Lance, Alan
Round Nine - Lachesis, Larcei, Rutger
Round Ten - Athena, Marisha, Erik
Round Eleven - Zane, Arete, Klein
Round Twelve - Anna, Ryoma, Hinoka
Round Thirteen - Cecilia, Pent, Saleh
Round Fourteen - Michalis, Minerva, Maria
Round Fifteen - Palla, Catria, Est
Round Sixteen - Camilla, Elise, Felicia
Round Seventeen - Alear, Louis, Yunaka
Round Eighteen - Hector, Jahn, Idunn
Round Nineteen - Cherche, Libra, Olivia
Round Twenty - Hanon, Rutger, Sue, Uhai
Round Twenty One - Silvia, Lara, Nils, Ninian
Round Twenty Two - Dorothea, Annette, Marianne, Yuri, Constance
Round Twenty Three - Tanya, Rebecca, Neimi, Python
Round Twenty Four - Finn, Amelia, Berkut
Round Twenty Five - Merric, Delthea, Asbel
Round Twenty Six - Dieck, Guinivere, Saber, Celica
Round Twenty Seven - Camus, Perceval, Seth
Round Twenty Eight - Caeda, Nanna, Lilina, Tana
Round Twenty Nine - Arden, Oswin, Effie, Louis
Round Thirty - Hartmut, Barigan, Hanon, Elimine, Roland
Round Thirty One - Manaketes, Xane, Nagi, Naesala, Ash, Freya
This month’s theme is the Camus Archetype, please refer to the link provided to have more information about it, but put simply, it defines enemy characters who are sympathetic, have redeeming qualities and/or exprim guilt about their actions and cannot be recruited in the main story (not including Trial maps, Creature Campaign or Einherjar).
/!\ Please remember that every archetype is a fan interpretation of characters who share either story or gameplay similarities throughout the games, and none of them have been agreed upon by the developers themselves. /!\
Thus, there are no rigid rules about which character fits or not in an archetype; it’s up to interpretation, so you can include characters that you believe are part of the archetype, not included in the list provided by the wiki above, or in the featured characters below, within reason, of course.
For this archetype, please don’t include characters like Gharnef or Hans, who show no remorse as villains.
If you have any doubts about the eligibility of a certain character, you can always ask me, but as written before, I’ll be broad-minded with those “archetypes” themes, and the answer will likely be positive.
You can submit artwork for any character that would fit these criteria, I’ll suggest five of them below:
- Character 1: Camus, Sable Knight from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon.
- Character 2: Ishtar, Thunder Goddess from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of The Holy War
- Character 3: Galle, Azure Rider from Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
- Character 4: Selena, Fluorspar from Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
- Character 5: Mustafa, Plegian Champion from Fire Emblem Awakening
For those of you who aren’t quite sure about what sorts of designs you could make, you can click on each character’s name to access their wiki pages, complete with alternate designs and artwork.
Reach into your imagination, and the first place could be yours!
The deadline is September 1st.
To not miss any future rounds, you can now join the CCC Discord Server, on there, I announce every new round, voting period and results.
You can also see which characters will be featured in the next round here
Have fun everyone!
